Short sellers made bold moves this week. HTZ tops the momentum leaderboard. Its SI % FF jumped 14 percentage points in seven days to 62.3%. Availability sits at zero. Bears have locked in their bets and there's nothing left to borrow.
WOLF remains one of the most extreme cases in US markets. SI % FF hit 114.9%, up 11 points week-on-week. The silicon carbide chipmaker's cost to borrow is a modest 9.6% APR, yet borrow availability is also zero. Shorts are deeply committed.
AI cloud darling CRWV saw its SI % FF climb 7.4 points to 28.4%. Over $38bn in market cap hasn't stopped the sceptics. With 316% availability, bears can still pile in further.
EOSE made ORTEX headlines today. The borrow market dried up as shares slid 42%. SI % FF stands at 31.5% with availability collapsing to just 4.8%.
On social media, TSLA stays in focus after comments questioning its product range. Its SI % FF is a low 3%, but macro noise keeps it in the spotlight.
Short covering also tells a story. CAR (Avis Budget) saw its SI drop 10 points to 36.1%. MQ (Marqeta) shed 12 points of short interest in a week — one of the biggest squeezes in the data.
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